Lighting fixture



'April 7, 1931.

||. HEILE LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed April ll, 1930 Z. L, l f

Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED STATES HARRIET HEIL'E, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOISy LIGHTING FIXTURE Application med April 11, 1930. serial No. 443,362.

My present invention relates to improvements in lighting fixtures, andhas for its object the provision of a fixture of simple constructionwhich may be used in situations where direct and brilliant, as well asdiffused eral purpose rooms, boudoirs and bathrooms,

and on occa-sion it is useful in all these situations to have at commandthe possibility of direct and brilliant illumination.

i It has been my object to provide a lighting fixture of simple andeconomical construction which may be easily adjusted to provideharmonious, diffused, subdued illumination, or to permit of thedirection of the light directly and brilliantly upon the part of thearea which it is desired to so directly illuminate.

I have attained the foregoing objects and results by means of thestructure illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is aperspective of my fixture with the louvres partially opened; and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the structure shown in Fig. 1 with thelouvres shown nearly closed in full lines and partially opened in dottedlines.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in the respectiveviews.

My l'ightingixture comprises, in part, a back or base 5 for verticalinstallation. The base 5 may be cemented into a wall in place of a tileor tiles, or otherwise secured to a wall or in the desired location sothat it i will be disposed vertically. The base 5 is Secured to theswinging leaves of the hinges 6-'7-6 are plates or louvres 12-12 ofAtranslucentYmaterial, such as ground glass or glass renderedsemi-transparent in any desired way. The outer, or unattached, ver-Atical edges cf the plates or louvres 12l2 are beveled or mitred, as at13, in order to provide an enlarged area for the plates or louvres toabut when they are in closed position, and thereby prevent the escape ofbeams of light between their meeting edges.

The plates or louvres 12-12 may be selected of a suitable color totransmit diffused-light of a color harmonious with the decorationsemployed where the light is installed.

The face 14 of the base, from which the bracket 9 extends, is,preferably, polished or silvered to provide a reflector, and, when theplates or louvres 12-12 are ground, it is suggested that the groundsides 15-15 be disposed upon the outside, as the polished interior faceswill assist in throwing and directing the light when the plates orlouvres 12-12 are separated.

It is also suggested that the hinges 6-6 be made sufliciently stiff tomaintain the plates or louvres in the position where they are placed. Itis obvious that the plates or louvres 12-12 may be made to take up agreat many different positions so as to diffuse and subdue a greatportion of the light or to direct the light broadly in front of thereflector 14 or in relatively narrow beams either to one side or theother of the center of the fixture.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1V. A lighting fixture comprising a vertically disposed base, the frontwhereof is treated to reflect light, said base having parallel, verticaledges, a bracket fixed to and extending from the refiective surface ofsaid base, illuminating means carried by said bracket, translucentplates pivotally secured to the vertical edges of said base, said platesbeing of a width to meet in front of and enclose said bracket and theparts carried thereby.

2. A lighting fixture comprising a vertically disposed base, the frontwhereof is treated to reflect light, said base having parallel, verticaledges, a bracket fixed to and extending from the reiective surface ofsaid base, illuminating means carried by said bracket, translucentplates pivotally secured to the Vertical edges of said base, the.opposite unattached edges of said plates being mitred and said platesbeing of a width to meet in front of and enclose said bracket and theparts carried thereby.

3. A lighting fixture comprising a Vertically disposed base, said basehaving a pair of parallel edges, a bracket liXed to and extending fromsaid base, illuminating means carried by said bracket, translucentplates pivotally secured to the parallel edges of said base, said platesbeing of a Width to meet in front of and enclose said bracket and theparts carried thereby.

HARRIET HEILE.

